Wire-coiling device



No. 6l7,353 Patented Jan. I0, I899.

' E. REDMDND.

WIRE BOILING DEVICE.

(Application filed Aug. 23, 1898.)

(No Model.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT UEETCE.

I EDIVARD REDMOND, OF PERRY, MICHIGAN.

WIRE-COILING DEVICE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 617,353, dated January10, 1899.

Application filed August 23, 1898.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD REDMoND, a citizen of the United States,residing at Perry, in the county of Shiawassee and State of Michigan,have invented a new and useful Wire- Coiling Machine, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to wire-coiling machines; and it has for itsobject to provide a simplified form of machine of this characterdesigned particularly as a hand-tool for placing a coil of long pitch inthe line-wires of wire fencing, thus producing spring-wires which willcompensate for contraction and expansion without distorting, loosening,or breaking the fencing.

While the machine is specially designed as a tool for coiling theline-wires of wire fencing, either before the same are used or as theyare being stretched up, still it will be understood that the machine iscapable of general use to provide for coiling wires for any purpose.

With these and other objects in View, which will readily appear as thenature of the invention is better understood, the same consists in thenovel construction, combination, and arrangement of parts, hereinaftermore fully described, illustrated, and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective View of a wire-coilingmachine constructed in accordance with this invention and shown in anoperative position. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the machine, partly insection. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional View on the line 3 3 of Fig.2. Fig. 4 is a detail in perspective of the revoluble coil-forming tube.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, the numeral 1 designates thesmall'skeleton frame of the machine, essentially comprising a pair ofspaced parallel bearing-plates 2 and 3, arranged somewhat closelytogether and rigidly connected at or near their ends by theconnecting-bolts 4L, having fitted thereon the spacing-sleeves 5, whichprovide for holding the two bearing-plates spaced apart. The saidparallel bearing-plates 2 and 3 are pro vided centrally between theirends with the alined bearing-openings 6, and one of said bearing-plates(designated by the numeral 2) is provided with terminal extensions 7, to

Serial No. 689,349. (No model.)

which are bolted the bolt ends or terminals 8 of an inverted- U -shapedhandle-bail 9, on the cross-arm of which is fitted the cylindricalhand-grasp 10, which affords a convenient grip for the hand of theoperator, so that the machine can be readily pulled or drawn along thewire being coiled. The inverted- U- shaped handle-bail 9 extends adistance be yond the skeleton frame 1 and is deflected laterally at anacute angle therefrom, so as to dispose the hand-grasp at one side ofthe line of the wire, whereby the hand of the operator will be entirelyout of the way of the wire along which the machine is pulled.

The frame 1 forms a bearing-support for the revoluble coil-forming tube11, the, inner end portion of which tube projects through and isjournaled in the alined bearing-openings 6 of the plates 2 and 3, andbetween said plates the said revoluble tube is provided with an exteriorcollar 12, which holds the same for rotation within the frame andprevents longitudinal displacement thereof. The revoluble coil-formingtube is elongated, and the greater portion of said tube,which liesbeyond the bearing-frame, is provided in the direction of its lengthwith a spiral twist, which conforms in curvature and pitch to the coilto be produced in the wire.

In operating the machine as a coiling-tool for fence-wires the wire isstrung through the coil-forming tube, and by grasping the handle-bailthe machine is pulled or drawn along the wire. In this forward movementof the machine or tool the coil-forming tube will revolve on its axisand cause the wire to bev bent into a long-pitch symmetrical coilcorrewire after having been once placed therein.

The essential features of the hereindescribed machine are obviouslycapable of general application for coiling wire for any pm pose, and itwill be understood that changes in the form, proportion, and the minordetails of construction may be resorted to without departing from theprinciple or sacrificing any of the advantages of this invention.

Having thus described the invention, What is claimed as new, and desiredto be secured by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a Wire-coiling machine, a frame, and a revoluble coil-formin gtubehaving a straight portion loosely journaled in the frame, andprovided in the direction of its length, and beyond the frame, with aspiral twist or ourvature, substantially as set forth.

2. In a Wire-coiling machine, a frame having bearings therein, and ahandle, and a revoluble coil-forming tube arranged in the bearings ofthe frame and having a spiral twist or curvature in the direction of itslength, substantially as set forth.

3. A portable wire-coiling machine, comprising a skeleton frame havingspaced par-

